Type-writing machine.



1?. A. YOUNG.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0017,1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

spring also holds. the arm idle when the STATES ATE Omen;

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and useful Improvements in Type-lV-riting to improve, simpli 'ryr'n wnrrme AcHiNE.

1b all whom it may concern. Be it known that I, FRANK A. YOUNG, a "citizen. of the United States, residing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new iH-achines,1of which the following is a specifi'cation. v

invention relates to paper-guiding devices for typewriting machines, in which ithe, sheets are fedu wardly in front of the platen, -beneath a'plvoted guide which ad- JHS tS itself to the contour of the platen and conducts the sheets under a guide roll journaled on" the pivot supporting the guide and thence'backwardly over the platen.

The'pri'ncipal obgects of the invention are y and render less expensive this class. of devices; and to enable them to b're'adily adjusted along the platen and firmly held against. displacement.

The guide and roll are mounted on an arm hinged to a one-piece bracket splined to a guide-rod, and are pressed toward the platen by a spring engaging the arm. Said latter is cast-.ofl from the platen. The bracket includes a clutch having a pair of spring jaws to bite on the rod and hold the tlevicelwhere adjusted. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective showing one form of the inventlon applied to the platen frame of an s-' "i'bllllll on the rod. Fig. 5 shows the cli released. ii 1 which the bracket and clip are formed.

Underwood writing machine. Fig. 2 is an ig. 3 shows the guide cast off. "detail section, showing the clip 'Fig.y6 is a plan ofthe blank om Type bars 1 strike a platen 2 fixed on an axle 3 journaled in the ends 4 of a platen frame. Said ends are connected by a paper shelf 6 and a rigidly mounted, rod 7. The

work sheets are dropped between the paper shelf and platen, from whence they are fed beneath and up in front of the platen by means ofrolls 8 and 9 running upon the under faceof the kitten. As 'the leading end of thesheet fee s upwardly from the front pressure mlls's, it is caught beneath a guide 12,13Twhich holds-it close to the platen sur- 1 Face and leadsit under a guiderolllO which presses the sheet against the platen. After passing the roll, the sheet isled .backwardly the guide 13 over the platen and out of specification of Ietters Patent. Application filed October 7, 1910. Serial No. 585,752.

' may be pressed thereby, W111 out ofthe path of the sheet.

Patented A r; :4, 1911.

its ends to a pin 11 to form oppositely extending curved fingers 12, 13 whichconform to the platen and adjust themselves to its contour, and to piles of sheets of various thicknesses. The roll 10 is journaled on the same pin and preferably above the guide,

which is apertured, as at 14, for the roll. The pin 11 projects laterally from an arm 15 and carries the paper guide'and roll at. its outer end so that the margin of the sheet Said arm is hin ed at 16 between ears l7 forming the hea of a bracket 18 so as to enable the guide and roll to be cast off from the platen. A: spring 19 (preferably between the ears 17 bears against a cam 20 on the hinged end of the arm 15 (Fig. 2) to press the roll 10 against the platen. This spring is-effective even when the roll is moved to a pointfar away from the platen so that it is efficient in feeding numbers of sheets. A

dwell portion 21 on the arm is eng ed by the spring 19 when the arm is cast 0 -from the platen (F i 3) to hold the arm idle. A yoke 22 on tlie guide 12, 13 may embrace a stop 23 on the pm 11 to limit the turning of the guide on its pivot when cast off.

' The bracket 18 is splined at 24 on the rod 7 (which passes through apertures 30 in the ears 17) to adjust the guide and-roll to sheets of varying widths, said bracket having a clip preferably formed integral therewith, to hold the device where adjusted.

The clip may comprise a piece of metal bent or folded to form a clutch comprising two opposed spring jaws 25, 26 having apertures 27 throu 'h which the rod 7 passes, said apertures being of slightly larger diameter than the rod to enable the jaws to sprin away from each other and bite the rod gFig. 1). The jaws are released by. pinching together the finger-pieces 28, 29, formed by the outer ends, of the jaws, to bring the jaws at about right angles to the rod, (Fig. 5), said finger pieces also afi'ord in" a means whereby to adjust the paper guide along the "rod. by the same movement of the handthat, releases the guide' Pref erably, the spline '24 "which may extend be tween the innerear 17 and the inner jaw e the arm. lies r 'str1p,1a's at 33. 'Thezfree endof the stem or arm 18 extending fromone' of said cars is bent upwardly at 349 to form the finger piece 28, thence bent downwardly, as at 35, past the end: of the arm 18 and then bent, backwardly, as at 36, and upwardly to form. the pair of Opposing spring jaws 25, 26, and terminating in the second finger piece 29 opposite the first named finger piece. Special attention is called to the extension.18 of the bracket which connects the clutch jaws 25 and 26 with the ear plates .17. This extensiq holdsthe jaws 25 and 26 removed aconsiderable distance from the plates 16 so that the bracket is virtually given a long bearing on the guide rod. In this way the clamp jaws facilitate sliding the bracket along the rod.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: i I

-l. In a typewriting machine, the combi nation with a platen frame having a guide rod,'and a platen, of a bracket splined on "the rod, an arm'pivoted to the bracket, a

spring topress the arm toward the platen,

a pin on the arm, a roll journaled on the pin, oppositely extending guide fingers pivoted on the pin, and a stop to limit the movement of the guide fingers.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen frame and platen, of a pivotally supported arm, means to press the armtoward the platen, a. laterally extending pin on the arm, a roll journaled on the pin, a paper guide pivoted intermediate its ends on the pin, and a stop to arrest the guide. I I

3. In a typewriting machine, the com bination with a platen frame and platen, of

a pivot'ally supported arm, means'to press the arm toward the platen, a laterally exvtending pin on the arm, a roll journaled on the pin, a paper guide. pivoted intermediate its ends on the pin, a yoke on the guide, and a stop between thearms of the yoke to arrest the guide.

' at. In a typewriting machine, the com bination with a platen frame, a platen and a guide rod, of an integral bracket comprising a pair of ears foldedtogether and splined on the rod, a plate extending from one of the ears, the opposite' cnd of the plate being folded at about right angles to itself toform afinger piece,'the outer fold of which is extended and bent backwardly through which the rod passes,

' posed spring upon itself, to form two spring I jaws and terminating at its free end in a finger piece opposite Y the first-named finger piece, an arm hinged tothe-bracket, and paper holding and guid ing means on the arm.

5. In a typewrlting machine, the combination' with a pl-aten'frame, a platen anda guide rod, of acne-piece bracket comprising lug having a plate and apair of-op-' jaws carried thereby, said avrs havingvfinger pieces, an arm secured to the lug, and paper holding and guiding means on v the arm. -6. In a typewriting' machine, the com-5' bination with aplaten frame, a platen anda guide rod, of a paper guiding mechanism adjustable along the rod, a pair of spring jaws connected to the-mechanism and having enlarged apertures through which the";

rod passes, the jaws normally-diverging from eachother to bite upon the rod.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen frame and platen, of

a bracket having a pair of separated ears of plate form, forming a pocket therebetween, an arm hinged between the ears, paper guiding means on the arm,- and a spring mounted in the pocket formed between the.

ears to press said means toward the platen.

8. In a typewriting machine. the combination with a platen, ofa bracket formed from a substantially T-shaped blank, the cross-piece of which is folded or doubled over and bent at about right angles to the stem, to form a pair of ears,- the outer end of the stem being bent upwardly to form a finger piece, then downwardly to form a jaw, and thence upwardly to form the cooperating jaw of a clip, and terminating in a second finger piece, the jaws and lugs being apertured, a guide rod passing through the lugs and jaws and upon which the jaws bite, and paper guiding and holding means supported by the lugs.

' 9. In a typewriting machine, the combi-v nation with a platen, of a guide-rod, a paper "guide including a bracket slidable on said guide rod, said bracket having a part bent upwardly to form a finger piece, and thence. downwardly to form a jaw, and thence 11pwardlv againto form the cooperating jaw of a clip and terminating in a finger piece,

the jaws being apertured to accommodate the rod on which they bite.

10. In a typewriting machine, the co1nbination with a platen and a guide ro d, of a clip slidable along the rod, one end of the clip being bentdownwardly, and thence extended about horizontally to form the body of a bracket, the opposite end of the horizontal part having an integral cross piece extending laterally in both directions, said cross piece being bent downwardly at about right angles to the body of the bracket and folded over to form lugs which lie about parallel with each other, and paper guiding and holding means supported by thelugs.

11. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen frame, a platen, a guide-rod, a bracket mounted on said rod and having a releasable jaw tending to move along the rod and normally jamming said bracket on said rod, and guiding means carried by said bracket.

12. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen frame, a platen, a guide-rod,

, a bracket mounted to slide on said rod hav ing a clutch comprising a pair of spring pressed jaws arranged toibite against said rod by a relative movement along the rod, and paper-guiding means carried by said bracket.

13. In a typewritingmachine, in combination, a guide-rod, a bracket having a hearing point on said rod and a releasable clutch for locking said bracket to said rod, said clutch forming a second bearing point on said rod, and guiding means attached to said bracket; said clutch comprising a pair of springy jaws arranged to bite against said red by a relative movement along the rod.

14.In combination a guide rod, a guide bracket adapted to slide on said guide-rod, comprising a plate bent to form a head, said head having an opening receiving said rod, said plate being bent at another point to form a clutch for biting the said rod to lock said guide bracket thereto; said clutch comprising a pair of springy 'jawsarranged to bite against said rod by a relative movement along the rod.

15. In a 'typewriting machine, the combination of a platen frame,-a platen, a guiderod extending longitudinally therewith, a a

bracket having a head and a releasable clutch removed therefrom along said rod,

said head and said clutch having openings receiving said rod, and an arm attached to.-

bracket havin said head to guide the paper on said platen; said clutch comprising a pair of springy jaws arranged to bite against said rod by a relative movement along the rod.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen frame, a platen, a guiderod extending longitudinally with said platen, a bracket havin a head comprising a plate mounted to sli e on said rod, said from said hea sliding on said rod, and also havmg an extension connecting sald clamp with said head, and a pressure arm carried by said head for guiding the paper on said platen; said clutch comprising a pair of springy jaws arranged to bite against said red by a relative movement along the rod.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen frame, a platen, a guide rod extendin longitudinally with said platen, a bracket having a pair of integral plates having openings and forming a guide head receiving said rod, said bracket fursaid bracket comprising a plate bent at one end to form a head and bent at the other" end to form spring jaws to clutch the said rod, and paper-guiding means attached to said head.

FRANK A. YOUNG.

Witnesses K. FRANKIORT, G. RIPLEY.

a releasable clutch removed 

